Find helpful information from government services and websites, as well as resources in languages other than English.
- Calorie King: carb counts for different foods
- Coeliac Australia
- Diabetes Victoria: Advice on Type 1 diabetes & nutrition
- Exercise & type 1 diabetes: your video guides
- GI Foundation: promoting low GI eating for more stable blood glucose levels
- Traffic Light Guide Book: classifying foods for healthier food choices
- Sports resources for youth living with type 1 diabetes: from the Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre
- Breakthrough T1D’s private Facebook group for people living with T1D aged 14-24
- Breakthrough T1D’s private Facebook group for people living with T1D aged 25 and over
- NDSS Diabetes Counselling Service
- NDSS national disaster and emergency T1D plan
- NDSS publications, fact sheets and resources
- Breakthrough T1D’s Peer Support Program
- Straight to the Point: an adult’s guide to living with T1D
- Articles & blogs on raising children living with T1D
- Carer Gateway: emotional and practical services and support for carers
- Caring for Diabetes in Children and Adolescents: an online edition of the T1D handbook given out in KIDSAC packs. Download the PDF
- Diabetes Youth Zone (via NDSS): for young people with T1D and their parents
- Breakthrough T1D’s Peer Support Program
- Breakthrough T1D’s private Facebook group for parents & carers of kids & teens living with T1D
- NDSS Diabetes Counselling Service
- NDSS national disaster and emergency T1D plan
- NDSS publications & fact sheets on managing diabetes
- Parents of kids living with T1D & autism/ADHD (private Facebook group)
- Rufus, the Bear with Diabetes: a T1D app for your child (Google Play and App Store)
- Siblings Australia: support for siblings of children living with a disability or chronic illness
- Stories, downloads & videos for kids to learn about T1D
- Straight to the Point: Breakthrough T1D’s guide to living with T1D for adults
- Teen Toolkit: Breakthrough T1D’s parents’ guide to raising teens living with T1D
- Teen Wellbeing Guide: Breakthrough T1D’s guide to life with T1D for teens
- What your teen would like you to know (PDF download)
- You, Me & T1D: a colourful children’s book series that looks at the ways T1D can be managed
- Sports resources for youth living with type 1 diabetes: from the Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre
National resources and programs
- National Diabetes in Schools Program
- Mastering Diabetes in Preschools & Schools (PDF download)
- APS/ISPAD T1D Learning Centre: online training courses for schools
- APEG Guidelines on CGM use in schools
- Duty of care obligations & each state’s policies
- Tips on communicating with a school
- The role of principals in supporting a student with diabetes
- The role of school staff in supporting a student with diabetes
- Online course for childcare workers to support children with type 1 diabetes
State and territory-based resources and programs
NSW
- NSW: Department of Education – Kids with Diabetes
- NSW: Diabetes NSW & ACT -Training Seminars for Teachers
- NSW: Diabetes NSW & ACT – School support resources for teachers and families
Qld
- Qld Dept of Education: Managing students’ health support needs at school
- Diabetes Queensland – Managing diabetes
SA
Vic
WA
- Diabetes Western Australia: diabetes management & action plans
- Diabetes WA: diabetes awareness in schools
Tas
NT
- Accessing T1D financial assistance in AustraliaÂ
- Annual Carer Supplement & Child Disability Assistance Payment
- Carer Adjustment Payment
- Carer Allowance
- Carer Allowance Health Care Card
- Carer Payment
- Chronic disease management information from the Department of Health, available under Medicare
- Ex-Carer Allowance Health Care Card: For full-time students aged 16-25
- Federal Government Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Program administered by NDSS
- Multicultural Diabetes Portal
- NDSS Diabetes Counselling Service
- NDSS for subsidised diabetes supplies
- Australian Government Insulin Pump Program: subsidies for low income families
- Abbott Diabetes Care
- AMSL: distributor of insulin pumps & continuous glucose monitors
- Insulet: manufacturer of Omnipod, insulin delivery system
- Medtronic: manufacturer of insulin pumps & continuous glucose monitors
- Roche: manufacturer of insulin pumps & blood glucose monitors
- Ypsomed Australia Pty Ltd: manufacturer of insulin pumps, injection systems & other diabetes care products
- Private health insurance options for insulin pumps
